Erin Peavey and Jennifer Roberts on Health Design and the Built Environment

Impact of the Build Environment on Health (CDC)

Erin K. Peavey is a believer in the power of place to heal, connect, and serve vulnerable people — from hospital patients and staff, to people struggling with social isolation and mental health challenges. In her leadership role at HKS, she helps integrate research and practice to advance the creation and communication of knowledge across the firm. Erin served as research chair on the board of trustees on the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation for close to a decade, and was adjunct faculty at The Pratt Institute and New York School of Interior Design. She is an industry scholar with the Cornell Institute for Health Futures and is a widely-sought after author, speaker and facilitator. Her podcast, Shared Space, explores how architecture and design can help us live healthier, happier and more connected lives.  

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• Erin on Twitter: @erin_peavey
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• Erin's Website: https://www.erinpeavey.com
• Erin on WKRA March 2021: After Social Distancing, This Architect Is Hoping for A 'Renaissance of Connection'
• Erin in Psychology Today May 2021: Is your Environment Making You Lonely

Jennifer D. Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park (UMD).  Dr. Roberts is also the Founder and Director of the Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment (PHOEBE) Laboratory as well as the Co-Founder and Co-Director of NatureRx@UMD, an initiative that emphasizes the natural environmental benefits interspersed throughout and around the UMD campus.  Her scholarship focuses on the impact of built, social, and natural environments, including the institutional and structural inequities of these environments, on the public health outcomes of marginalized communities. Presently, Dr. Roberts’ is leading the Purple Line Light Rail Impact on Neighborhood, Health and Transit (PLIGHT) Study in order to investigate changes in light rail use, active transportation, overall physical activity, obesity and related comorbidities among Prince George’s County, Maryland residents.  She is also examining the risk of transit-induced gentrification related to this light rail train through funding she was awarded with her JPB Environmental Health Fellowship. 

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• Jen on Episode 172 Therapy for Black Girls podcast September 2020 Plant Parenthood Is More Than a Trend
• Jen on NPR April 2021:  Closing the Gap on Transportation Walking or Biking while Black can be Deadly